Peter Finnigan QC: news

R -v- Mabey 11.2.2011

Peter Finnigan QC acted for the Serious Fraud Office in its recent successful prosecution of Charles Forsyth and David Mabey. The two men, former directors of Mabey and Johnson Ltd.,were convictedby a Southwark jury of authorising ‘kickbacks’ worth £355,000 to be paid to the regime of Saddam Hussein in order to secure a contract to provide bridging.

This is the first of a series of SFO prosecutions alleging breaches of UN sanctions in Iraq. The defendants will be sentenced on 23rd February 2011.